About Lambhill Stables:

Lambhill Stables is a community owned charity in the North of Glasgow providing recreational, educational, training and employment opportunities. Our aims are to develop and deliver programmes of community-based activities in support of our provisions, to engage in viable and socially inclusive activity and to do so in a sustainable way.

Job Purpose:

This post is currently funded to 31st March 2025, and will require the post holder to assist in providing service and maintenance to customer bikes, service our fleet of bikes available for community hire, and take part in community. As the Bike Mechanic the role will require an ability to organise repair jobs and management of personal workloads working as part of the wider staff team, whilst providing a high standard of customer service and community engagement. There is a further opportunity for the right individual to support in the development of our bike workshop and help it become a pivotal part of our outdoor activities programme.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure that health and safety and operational delivery is in adherence with written policies and procedures and assist to update these in line with good practice

• Provide bike maintenance within the bike workshop

• Liaise with Lambhill Stables departments to ensure the smooth running of timetabled activities

• Facilitate during bike events promoting initiatives in keeping with the project

Skills and experience required

Technical:

• Cytech level 3 qualified, or equivalent professional experience

• Experience of working in a bike workshop, booking system, cash handling and reconciliation of receipts

• Cycle Leader trained

Operational:

• Friendly, approachable and helpful attitude

• Maintain accurate records of business activity

• Ability to deliver a high level of customer service

• Motivated with excellent communication skills

• Good team worker

• Experience of supervising and training volunteers

• Ability to work with minimum supervision, multi-task effectively and to meet tight deadlines

• Willingness to undertake flexible working hours

• Willingness to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to foster “a can do” culture by motivating others and actively seeking solutions to problems

• Flexibility, enthusiasm and the ability to lead and work as part of a small team

• Self starter who is proactive in raising issues and problems as they occur

• Team player who values colleagues and advice offered

Duncan Place Community Hub in Leith are recruiting new trustees with a broad range of skills and experience to enhance the charity’s governance, contribute to open discussion and oversee the implementation of strategy. Lived experience is valued as much as professional experience. Key areas for new trustees are community involvement, finance, HR, marketing, legal, social impact, funding, property, and facilities management.

Interested?

Contact: info@duncanplace.org

Book a place at our info evening: 19.00-20.00 on Tues 16th April 2024 – please let us know if you’re coming.

AGM Tues 23rd April

About Duncan Place Community Hub

Duncan Place Community Hub is a registered charity operating as a social enterprise. After being under threat of demolition, the building was saved by the local community, a charity was established, and funds were raised for a full refurbishment. Now a thriving and busy community centre in Leith, the hub has a growing programme of groups, classes and events. This brings folks together to share and learn, increase well-being, and reduce social isolation. Through providing secure and affordable long-term tenancies, the hub is also home to several other charities. Income from the long term leased space and from low cost activity fees means that the charity is financially healthy and has decent reserves. This innovative model means that the charity is able to use funds raised to respond to the communities needs without the need to rely on short term funding.

Experience Required

Experienced trustees are welcome, but you don’t have to have been a trustee before. Skills and experience in community involvement, finance, HR, marketing, legal, social impact, funding, property, and facilities management along with a willingness to share and advise are what we’re looking for.

Training Details

Current board members and the manager of the charity will provide induction and ongoing support. Online training on the role of a charity trustee in general is available.

Flexibility & Commitment

6 in-person evening meetings per year. These are 1.5-2hrs long. Occasional sub-group work may be required.

A minimum 12-month commitment is desirable.

Location/Travel Details

Duncan Place Community Hub, 4 Duncan Place, Leith, EH6 8HW

Expenses

Reasonable travel expenses are available. All other expenses must be agreed prior to spending.

Accessibility Details

Disabled parking space available. Ramp access. Accessible loos. Wide corridors and doors. Lift access to upper floors. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments needed.

GCA deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire

Role:

Elevate is one service with two routes to employability: Elevate Glasgow PSP and the Recovery Employability Service. This role is based within the Elevate Glasgow PSP team. The Elevate PSP team work with those in the earlier stages of their employability journey working on building up confidence, training, education and volunteering. Elevate offer a person-centred approach to individuals in their employability journey. This team are also often out in the community networking with our partners within the drug and alcohol sector.

The Partnership Manager will be responsible for the development, co-ordination and management of the Elevate PSP Team and act as the key liaison and face of Elevate. The Partnership Manager will maintain and develop Elevate ethos to support individuals in their employability journey and deliver performance targets through the team by designing and developing employability initiatives for the benefit of individuals who are in recovery from drugs and/or alcohol.

The Partnership Manager will work closely with the Employability Manager to ensure a cohesive approach to delivering employability support and transition of clients between the service and will be responsible for responding to volunteering applications, volunteer recruitment and co-ordinating volunteer engagement.

In return for choosing to work for GCA, the benefits you will receive are:

• Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays) which increases to 38 days after 2 years, 40 days after 5 years and 42 days after 10 years length of service.
• 5 duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice.
• Death in service policy of 2 times salary.
• Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost.
• Training and development commitment to help employees perform to the best of their abilities.
• Working for an employer focused on delivering its vision and mission by living its values of Respect, Empathy and Collaboration.

Organisation Profile:

Glasgow Council on Alcohol (GCA) was founded in 1965 and is the oldest established Council on Alcohol in Scotland. GCA is a voluntary organisation working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse through the provision of a range of high quality advice, information, counselling, support, prevention and education and training services.

Victim Support Scotland – Empowering People Affected by Crime.

We put victims and witnesses at the heart of everything we do so they are heard, have improved health and well-being, feel safer, more secure, and informed and that we are an effective organisation, that makes a lasting difference.

Who We Are?

Victim Support Scotland provides support and information to people affected by crime and campaigns for victim and witness rights. Regardless of whether a crime has been reported, or when it happened, our services are free, confidential, and tailored to individuals’ needs. Our vision is that people affected by crime – victims, witnesses, and their families – are treated with dignity and respect and are at the heart of the justice in Scotland. Our mission is to ensure that all those affected by crime receive high quality support that will help them to recover from their experiences. All our work is guided and underpinned by our six core principles of being engaging and compassionate; inclusive and accessible; person-centred; adaptive, flexible, and responsive; collaborative; and knowledgeable and skilled. Now is the time to join Victim Support Scotland, helping us work towards the ambitions of our 5-year plan:

VSS is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all of our service users and has a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG scheme checks in place to ensure this commitment is met.

What is the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Co-ordinator , working 14 hours per week.

• Thursdays 9-6pm
• Saturdays 10-4pm

The successful candidate must have access to their own vehicle and willingness to travel off the islands on occasion (e.g. for training or development activities)

Primary location: Lerwick, however you will be expected to cover throughout the locality is required.

Reporting directly to a Locality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring, within your Service(s), that VSS’s local service development and delivery plan is being implemented within your geographical area(s). Service delivery is provided by a team of skilled and knowledgeable volunteers, you will be responsible for planning their deployment to ensure that the service delivered meets the desired outcomes of victims and witnesses of crime, our service users. Responsible for all aspects of a volunteer engagement with VSS at your services, including recruitment, induction, learning and development, ongoing performance management and support. Contributing to business planning and co-ordination ensuring that continuous learning takes place to monitor that the outcomes of service users are being met.

If you are looking for a role with a purpose, where you can really make a difference, then this may be the role for you.

What you’ll need to be successful

We are looking for someone who is experienced in a similar role and can evidence of continuing professional development, effective leadership style, able to build confidence, motivate and improve performance. Analytical skills, must be able to understand, collect, analyse, report and present data. The ability to challenge stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and bias. Good working knowledge of the voluntary/charity sector is required, as is a willingness to be flexible in working hours and able to travel as required.

Further details of this role are available in the Support Co-Ordinator - job description

Please note - This post will be subject to a satisfactory PVG check, references, and proof that you have the right to work in the UK.

What we offer?

When you work for Victim Support Scotland, your wellbeing is important to us. Not only do we offer an enhanced annual leave package of 39 days, but you will also have access to our free health cash plan which includes cover for you and your family across a range of benefits, which include, dental cover, access to a virtual GP, counselling, legal support and discounts on gym memberships, cinema tickets, retail and much more. In addition we offer a generous pension, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and access to a credit union. Supporting employee development is important to us and we offer comprehensive learning and development opportunities.